tindersticks

I know nothing of this LA-based Canadian singer-songwriter other than he turned up on that pretty good tribute to the Band, Endless Highway, that came out last year. (He did a fine version of Stage Fright)
But this rollicking, often urgent-sounding acoustic driven folk-rock is an excellent showcase of his many talents, from finger-picking to...

The menacing baritone of Mark Lanegan (formerly of grunge-era Screaming Trees, sometime guest with Queens of the Stone Age) was recently employed to redemptive uplift on the Soulsavers album which was one of the Best of Elsewhere 2007 (see tag).
Here he and Greg Dulli (of Afghan Whigs and Twilight Singers) as the Gutter Twins explore...

This astringent Scottish singer-songwriter and former Arab Strap member appeared at Elsewhere previously with his excellent album A Brighter Beat, the opening track of which was the brittle but bouncy We're All Going To Die.
That song was released as a UK single before Christmas last year and started at odds of 1000-1 against becoming Radio...

People like me -- about four decades past flatting, social anxiety, worries about sexual orientation, and so on -- are probably not the target audience for this light, fey but beguiling Scottish pop band who have previously appeared at Elsewhere with their delightful album The Life Pursuit.
But these people deliver such a charming line in...

This somewhat eccentric Scottish singer-songwriter Middleton is not "an acquired taste" (which has a pejorative meaning) rather a taste that few in this country have acquired: despite being in Arab Strap and widely hailed by UK critics for his solo albums (this is his fifth) he has barely made a ripple outside of Britain --...

At this point in their long and rather marvellous career I'm as sure as the various Tindersticks that they're never going to gatecrash into wider public consciousness, despite hypnotic and melodic music which insinuates into your consciousness rather than announces itself loudly.
The previous album The Hungry Saw was an absolute, if slightly...

Scotland's Orange Juice fronted by
singer-songwriter Edwyn Collins only had one persuasive album (You
Can't Hide Your Love Forever in '82) and one UK hit (Rip It Up
from the album of the same name, also in '82) but their arch, often
ironic and non-threatening pop has recently occasioned a 6CD/DVD collection, a
reflection of the high regard...